016 | The Good Old Days

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Ageswapping
When: July 15-17
Where: Everywhere
Summary: A breach in the space-time continuum is messing things up.

Edit: OVERFLOW is here!



The Far Shore has been dealing with a lot of space-time pulsating through the past week or so and everything is culminating on the night of the 15th, even though the Heavens are preparing for an all-out Obon bash. They had planned to have the celebration on the 15th itself, but Amaterasu asked to postpone a day due to the horrible feeling that is permeating the Far Shore.

And it turns out she was right to postpone everything. In fact, it will have to be postponed another whole month at this rate...



Before

Late in the day on July 15th, the new batch of shinki will arrive to a Far Shore with a thick, tense atmosphere. All night on the 15th it feels like something is about to happen - and it's difficult to tell whether that something will be good or bad. Any attempts to contact the management of the Far Shore have fallen on deaf, slightly harried ears and so everyone is left to their own devices to try and figure out why things are so tense.

July 16

Just after midnight, an explosive shock wave rips through the Far Shore, bringing on the age changes with it. Even the spirits of the Far Shore seem to be affected - for example, the library goblins are either toddling around on wobbly legs or are dragging themselves from place to place and looking decrepit. There are a few gods and shinki that seem to have been exceptions from the change, though it is not clear why.

July 17

Another wave of energy comes in the early morning of the 17th. Fewer people are affected this time and it seems to alter those people's ages a second time. There is no rhyme or reason to who is being affected further. Several of the library goblins have just dropped dead from severe old age. Oops.

Aftermath

Late on the 17th brings about one final burst from the energy that has been plaguing the Far Shore. For a short moment, every new temple glows with a soft light, seeming to beckon to their owners. But the light is gone quickly and everyone will find themselves back to normal with complete memories of everything that happened during their age adventures. The goblins that died, though, are still very dead. Looks like the library will need to get some new help soon.

In Summary:

• Meet the newbies
• Get aged or de-aged
• Deal with other too young/too old people
• Try to handle the consequences
• Have fun~

Comments

Crawford

[cryptaesthesia]

[July 16th]

[Before you is the smallest of dictators. He adjusts glasses obviously too big for his face and frowns.]

It's only a rift in the space-time continuum. Don't panic.

[irregular]

[Hi there, Tiniest Dictator.]

Only a what?

[Ken isn't totally sure what the space-time continuum is, at least when it isn't... oh, something people get really worried about in movies. And anime, he guesses. He isn't quite sure why the sternest, best-dressed child in the entire universe would have stolen his dad's glasses and then wandered around muttering about it, unless it's some kind of private game.]

Are you lost?

[cryptaesthesia]

[Hello new servant friend.]

A rift in space and time. Like a wormhole. Or Star Trek.

[Not even four feet tall, and he's totally looking down his nose at you. Get with the program, Ken.]

And I'm not lost. I'm waiting.

[irregular]

For what?

[Also, is Star Trek really a good source of any kind of Proper Science Ken knows more about Star Trek than he does about himself and he doesn't even like Star Trek what the Hell.]

That sounds kinda like something worth worrying about to me.

[Yes, Ken, brilliant move, tell the tiny dictator he should be absolutely terrified.]

I mean... Star Trek is just TV.

[cryptaesthesia]

For whom.

[Ken will receive another incredulous look.]

And obviously it's just tv.

[kokuyoyo]

[Those sure are some big words, and they sure are getting the attention of a certain little boy hiding behind a tree.]

....Those are science words.

[cryptaesthesia]

I like science.

[You're a bigger kid, Chikusa, and that automatically makes you interesting, but you're still going to get judged.]

Why are you hiding?

[kokuyoyo]

To keep away from adults.... [He ducks his head a little.] Quattordici isn't here, and I'm not strong enough to kill them so they leave me alone....

[Because that's what you do when things are scary. You kill them. Obviously.]

[cryptaesthesia]

[Obviously. (This tiny tyrant likes your style.)]

That makes sense.

[Crawford gives him a thoughtful look.]

There are better places to hide though.

[solaris9]

[ Blink blink. ]

But I'm not panicking.

[ Not anymore, anyway. He might've been for a little bit, when he first woke up this morning and found himself completely alone. ]

[cryptaesthesia]

[Hm. He's not sure if you're being honest or not]

Are you sure?

[solaris9]

Yeah?

[ Um. Well, yeah? Not anymore! ]

What's a space-time continue-um?

[cryptaesthesia]

[That's probably an acceptable answer.]

It's where time and space meet and when it pulls apart bad things happen.

[junkyarddog]

[Judging by the armful of food that has this small blond child looking like he's inefficiently stocking up a bomb shelter, Crawford's advice is coming a bit too late. But enjoy the utterly perplexed look you're being fixed with, kid.]

...huh?

[cryptaesthesia]

You won't understand if I explained it.

[Enjoy the 'can't be helped' look, and then, the tug on your sleeve, Ken.]

Okay. Let's go. You're late.

[junkyarddog]

[Quattordici instinctively resists the tug, even though he has no particular reason to do so, since he has no idea at all what the other boy is talking about. There's something between confusion and low-key alarm in his eyes.] Late for what?

I thought we got an Eriol and nearly had a heart attack

[xladyofhitsuzen]

Or someone's meddling in affairs they shouldn't be meddling in. Time and space are delicate matters, after all...

[ Curious thing, this... very curious really. ]

I take it you were affected?

EFF. BUSTED.

[cryptaesthesia]

I guess.

[A big side from a little person.]

Probably. You're timing isn't great, Ms Space Lady.

It would have been the best heart attack though.

[xladyofhitsuzen]

Whether or not someone arrives at the right time is irrelevant. In a case of being "at the right place at the right time" then there could very well be a case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Everything happens for a reason, after all.

[ And a small smirk right back. ]

Now I'm curious as to why you would believe my timing isn't all that...

[littlest_knight]

[ Zero blinks over at the kid. ]

Who are you?

[cryptaesthesia]

[Have a stare back.]

It's rude not to introduce yourself first.

Age 9

[volksdaemon]

[Meet the tiniest asshole who can't breach his future's boss's defenses and is actually kind of glad about it because he's been kinda losing his mind all day.]

... So it won't hurt like this forever?

[He is his own #1 priority after all.]

AH PB

[cryptaesthesia]

[Note the lack of surprise.]

You'll figure out how to deal with it.

Re: AH PB

[volksdaemon]

[The lack of surprise is definitely worth noting. He's worried. Slightly.]

Why should I believe you, anyway?

[tenderfooted]

A rift in the what?

[ He just heard something weird. He thinks. It's unfamiliar, at least. But so is his body reverting to being 13 while his mind stays 43, and so was becoming a "god" or something. ]